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series2 books2022

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“Holly Black's adult urban fantasy duology follows Charlie Hall, a small-time criminal turned bartender who used to work for gloamists, magicians who manipulate human shadows, and can't quite outrun that past.”
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Start with Book of Night →

Rivers of LondonSeries

series32 books2011

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in british isles.

“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
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Start with Rivers of London →

Cassandra PalmerUniverse

universe40 books2006

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and our world.

“Cassie Palmer sees dead people, reads the future, and was raised by vampires who'd have sold her to the highest bidder — and that's before the job offer.”
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Start with Touch the Dark →

includes Lia de Croissets, Dorina Basarab, Dhampir, John Pritkin, Lia and Cyrus, Kit Marlowe, Mircea Basarab

The Dark EliteSeries

series3 books2009

About coming of age, set in north america.

“Lily's parents have sent her to a fancy boarding school in Chicago filled with the ultra-rich.”
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Start with Firespell →

Heir ChroniclesSeries

series5 books2006

About wizards, set in north america.

“Cinda Williams Chima's Heir Chronicles begins with The Warrior Heir, in which sixteen-year-old Jack learns he has hidden magical, warrior ancestry and is drawn into training to fight enemy wizards he didn't know existed.”
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Start with The Warrior Heir →

The Dresden FilesSeries

series56 books2000

About wizards, set in north america.

“The novels are narrated from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden, a private detective and wizard, as he investigates supernatural disturbances in contemporary Chicago.”
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Start with Welcome to the Jungle →

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